Lantern holder

ABSTRACT

A device for supporting a lantern at any desired height from the water in order to attract fish by the light. The light consists of a tubular member which is mountable within the oar lock of the boat.

United States Patent [19] Edwards et al.

1451 May 1,1973

LANTERN HOLDER [76] Inventors: Haze D. Edwards, 1175 Pinehurst Drive,Smyrna, Ga. 30080; William L. Peck, 1194 Banner Street 5.13., Atlanta,Ga. 30316 [22] Filed:' Nov. 13, 1970 [21] App]. N0.: 89,284

[52] U.S. Cl. ..248/274 [.51] ..Fl6m13/00 [58] Field of Search "248/123,124, 125, 248/145, 274, 283, 295, 297, 318, 320, 322,

[56] 1 References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 178,592 6/1876 Bruce..248/297 5/1902 Kerr "248/327 1,029,442 6/1912 Helderman et a1...248/295 1,440,043 12/1922 Wright ..248/145 3,089,674 5/1963 Bastie..248/40 FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS I M15813 12/1955 Germany..248/328 Primary lixuminerWilliam H. Schultz 57 ABSTRACT A device forsupporting a lantern at any desired height from the water in order toattract fish by the light. The

light consists of a tubular member which is mountable within the car10c1 of the boat.

1 Claim, 4 Drawing Figures PATENTEDMY 11m FIG.3

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- INVENTORS Hoze' D. Edwards 8 William L.Pe ck LANTERN HOLDER Thisinvention relates to supporting devices, and more particularly to alantern holder.

It is therefore the primary purpose of this invention to provide alantern holder which will aid fishermen while fishing from a boat atnight.

Another object of this invention is to provide a lantern holder fromwhich the lantern will depend, the opposite end being of such diameterso as to be received within the oar lock of the boat.

Another object of this invention is to provide a lantern holder of thetype described which will be hollow and will have the line extendingthrough the upper arch portion, the line having a hook from which thelantern is depended from and the opposite end of the line having a hookwhich may engage anyone of a plurality of spaced apart openings, theopenings allowing for the lantern to be raised or lowered to any desiredheight above the water.

A further object of this invention is to provide a holder which will berotatable within the oar lock in order that the lamp may be swung overthe side of the boat.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a lantern holderwhich is simple in design, inexpensive to manufacture, rugged inconstruction, easy to use and efficient in operation.

These and other objects will be readily evident upon a study of thefollowing specification and the accompanying drawing wherein:

FIG 1 is a vertical side view of the present invention shown inelevation with the lamp holding cord and lamp shown removed therefrom;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the upper extremity of FIG. 1showing how the cord is held through the device;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view showing the hook from which thelantern depends from; and

FIG. 4 is a rear view ofFlG. 1,

According to this invention, a lantern holder is composed ofa hollowtube 11 having an end portion 12 for insertion into an oar lock (notshown).

Tube 11 is provided with an arcuate elbow 13 having an opening 14 fromwhich extends line 15. Line 15 extends out of the open ends 16 of elbowl3 and a hook 17 is secured thereto in order to engage the bail 18 oflantern 19.

To the opposite end of line 15 is secured a hook 20 for engagement withany of the plurality of spaced apart openings 21 of tube 1 1.

As shown in FIG. 2 of the drawing, it is to be noted that the opening 14has an axis which is at an angle respective to the straight portion oftube 11 and which includes the upper part of opening 14 being outwardlyflared and a lower portion thereof inwardly flared so that the axis ofthe opening is on a tangent of the semicircular portion of the tubeopening.

It shall be noted that the placement of hook 20 at any one of theopenings 21, allows'for lantern 19 to be raised or lowered to anydesired height and will also render it stationary to the tube 1 1.

After the bail 18 of lantern 19 has been placed upon the hook 17 thetube 11 is rotated so that the elbow 13 extends out over the waterwhereupon the height of lantern 19 may be adjusted by engaging hook 20in any one of the openings 21.

What I claim is:

1. A lantern holder, comprising in combination, an elongated hollowtube, and end of said tube being made to fit into an oar lock of a boat,said tube having a straight portion adjacent said end, said portionextending a major part of said tube, an opposite end of said tube beingbent to form a semi-circular portion, a row of equally spaced apartopenings along said straight portion of said tube, said opening being ona side which is opposite to a side toward which said semi-circularportion is bent, a singular opening being along said row of openings andbeing formed at a junction between said straight portion and saidsemi-circular portion, said singular opening having an axis which isinclined respective to said straight portion, said axis being on atangent of said semi-circular portion, a flexible line being fittedthrough said singular opening and having a major intermediate portionthereof extending through said semi circular portion of said tube, theopposite ends of said line each having a hook secured thereto, said hooksecured to said line end extending from said semi-circular portion beingadaptable to hold a lantern, and the other said hook being adaptable forselectively engaging any one of said equally. spaced apart openings.

1. A lantern holder, comprising in combination, An elongated hollowtube, and end of said tube being made to fit into an oar lock of a boat,said tube having a straight portion adjacent said end, said portionextending a major part of said tube, an opposite end of said tube beingbent to form a semi-circular portion, a row of equally spaced apartopenings along said straight portion of said tube, said opening being ona side which is opposite to a side toward which said semi-circularportion is bent, a singular opening being along said row of openings andbeing formed at a junction between said straight portion and saidsemi-circular portion, said singular opening having an axis which isinclined respective to said straight portion, said axis being on atangent of said semi-circular portion, a flexible line being fittedthrough said singular opening and having a major intermediate portionthereof extending through said semi circular portion of said tube, theopposite ends of said line each having a hook secured thereto, said hooksecured to said line end extending from said semi-circular portion beingadaptable to hold a lantern, and the other said hook being adaptable forselectively engaging any one of said equally spaced apart openings.